Personal Protective Equipment

We can't stress this enough: Protecting your team or your employees is one of the most important responsibilities you have as an employer.
And although you have to delegate and organise these duties with your Health and Safety Representatives and contractor (depending on the activity), there still remains the knowledge in the field and no one should skip this.
Let's look at the ways that he... ››› more

Today we want to explain the importance of training employees on personal protective equipment.
We'll give you a guideline for the proper selection, issuing, use and maintenance of personal protective equipment (PPE), in line with the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 and its regulations.
Read on to discover everything you need to know...
The importance o... ››› more

There are several important rules you must apply to make sure your safety equipment complies with the personal protective equipment legislation for construction sites.
Here's what you need to know to make sure you're not violating safety law:
Take these safety measures if your construction site employees needs personal protective equipment!
Note that in terms of the OHS Act and 2014 Co... ››› more

Do you know that engineering controls, administrative controls, and good work practices are always preferred instead of personal protective equipment (PPE) as methods to protect workers against workplace hazards?
After all PPE must always be regarded as a "last resort" to protect against risks to safety and health.
Why should you consider PPE as a "last resort"?
Here are several reason... ››› more

In your risk assessment you recognise the need to give your employees Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
What you may not know is that PPE should be your last resort.
For PPE to be effective and help you with your risk management efforts, you have to make sure you meet the following four requirements.
Using PPE as a health and safety risk control measure? For it to be effective, mak... ››› more

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a vital part of health and safety. It gives your employees life-saving protection against a variety of workplace hazards.
Unfortunately though, like all equipment, it gets old and stops working properly. This means your employees may be using PPE that puts them in greater danger and you'll have to fork out thousands of rands to replace it.
The good ne... ››› more

The OHS Act says all employees must have and wear personal protective equipment (PPE). But many employers still can't get their employees to follow this rule.
When they confront their employees about it, they get a variety of excuses. But there are five particular ones that seem to crop up a lot.
Today, I'm going to show you how to deal with these five excuses so you can make sure your empl... ››› more

Geteyesmart.org says more than 300 000 American employees go to hospital every year because of eye injuries. Most of them work in manufacturing, construction and mining.
If this is the number in America, where safety laws are incredibly strict, you can only imagine what our numbers are like.
But there's good news.
You can actually prevent 90% of these eye injuries. All you have to do is ... ››› more

He-alert.org recently released a report on workplace accidents. They found that despite employees wearing their personal protective equipment (PPE), they still frequently have accidents.
They also found that it came down to one common problem: A lack of proper health and safety training.
After all, if employees don't know how to use their PPE properly, it won't protect them.
That's why I... ››› more

An estimated 89 000 new cases of traumatic brain injuries happen every year in South Africa. And many of them take place on construction sites just like yours
The good news is you can do something about it and protect your employees.
All you have to do is make sure they all have this one piece of PPE...
Here's how this piece of PPE can protect your employees from traumatic brain i... ››› more

Chemical solvents, such as iso-propyl alcohol, are toxic. They can burn their eyes, lungs and skin. And over time, their poisons could kill them.
That's why you need to give your employees PPE to protect them when they work with chemicals.
But how do you know exactly what type of protective equipment to give them? After all, all chemicals are different.
The good news is, there's an easy... ››› more

When personal protective equipment (PPE) gets old, it stops protecting your employees from workplace accidents.
But that's not the only problem. Old equipment can also cause accidents too. All it takes is a loose glove thread to catch in a moving machine part and you'll have a serious accident on your hands.
Now since each type of PPE causes its own hazards, replacing any old and broken pr... ››› more

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